Posts Tagged ‘ Newcastle Cycling Campaign ’

The Tyne & Wear Metro doesn’t allow bikes. Apparently non-folding bikes are uniquely dangerous, although the Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Authority can’t supply their risk assessments that led them to this conclusion. And despite years of lobbying, the Metro’s operator, Nexus won’t consider even a limited trial either. So in response to this “Metro...
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Here in the North East, the Newcastle Cycling Campaign is gearing up to help the City Council get serious about a cycling network. The mantra you’ll most often hear is “Build it and they will come” when we speak about this sort of stuff. Experience from elsewhere in the world seems to validate this: Controversially though, I...
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So after a bit of a faff with diaries, Tom Bailey and I finally got to meet with our local council. For us it was quite an important meeting - the councillor in charge of transport, Ed Hodson, has a reputation for being a bit of a petrol-head, and we wanted to set a...
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